Russian Museum in the Mikhailovsky Palace
Mikhailovsky Palace was rebuilt according to the project of architect V. Svinyin for the needs of the museum. The eastern building was demolished, in its place the building of the Ethnographic Department of the museum was built in 1900-1911. The interiors of the palace were completely changed: only the Grand Staircase and the White Hall remained, of the six wall paintings of which only four survived.
The author of the book about the Russian Museum G. Petrov wrote about these works: “With enthusiasm, taking up the work, he in the shortest possible time so devastated the palace that it seemed as if a tornado swept through its enfilades. The pig did not accept the artistic style of the Rossi era, rushed to eradicate everything that was not in his taste. He often took an axe from a carpenter to chopping plafond painting by Giovanni Batista Scotti, the most talented decorator of the first third of the nineteenth century, with passion, comrades. Curtains, torn from the walls of carpets, expensive upholstery fabrics from windows were thrown into the yard. The priceless decoration of the palace - candelabras, chandeliers, sconces, jewelry, furniture - was stolen by everyone. The heirs of Mikhail Pavlovich also took part in the rout, annoyed by the instructions to leave the apartment. What was impossible to bear, they gladly destroyed, smashed the statues composed in the palace arena for the time of repair. Only part of the extensive library and furnishings survived.”
March 7, 1898 in the Mikhailovsky Palace was held opening of the Russian Museum. L.N. Benois in 1910-1914 designed in connection with the increase in the collection of a new building, leaving the side facade on the Griboyedov Canal. On June 27, 1914, the building was laid, construction had to be postponed due to the First World War. After the war, the corps was built, named after its creator - the Benoit Corps. Two high-explosive bombs hit Benoit's corps in November 1941 caused him considerable damage. In 1947-1963 the building was under restoration. During the siege years, they did a titanic job to save museum values. The monument to Alexander III, standing in the courtyard of the Mikhailovsky Palace, was covered with sand, then covered with logs, and the monument was not damaged, even when a high-explosive bomb hit it. The Benois Corps was connected by a covered passageway to the main building in 1958.
In the Russian Museum, which is known not only in St. Petersburg, but throughout Russia, you can see the works of F. Shubin, Andrei Rublev, F. Bruni, K. Bryullov, I. Repin, A. Ivanov, O. Kiprensky, I. Shishkin, A. Kuindzhi, B. Kustodiev, M. Vrubel, V. Serov, M. Chagall, K. Malevich, K. Petrov-Vodkin and others.
Based on the site about the history of St. Petersburg,
I. Voroshilov
The Russian Museum in the Mikhailovsky Palace was rebuilt according to the project of architect V. Svinyin for the needs of the museum. The eastern building was demolished, in its place the building of the Ethnographic Department of the museum was built in 1900-1911. The interiors of the palace were completely changed: only the Grand Staircase and the White Hall remained, of the six wall paintings of which only four survived. The author of the book about the Russian Museum G. Petrov wrote about these works: “With enthusiasm, taking up the work, he in the shortest possible time so devastated the palace that it seemed as if a tornado swept through its enfilades. The pig did not accept the artistic style of the Rossi era, rushed to eradicate everything that was not in his taste. He often took an axe from a carpenter to chopping plafond painting by Giovanni Batista Scotti, the most talented decorator of the first third of the nineteenth century, with passion, comrades. Curtains, torn from the walls of carpets, expensive upholstery fabrics from windows were thrown into the yard. The priceless decoration of the palace - candelabras, chandeliers, sconces, jewelry, furniture - was stolen by everyone. The heirs of Mikhail Pavlovich also took part in the rout, annoyed by the instructions to leave the apartment. What was impossible to bear, they gladly destroyed, smashed the statues composed in the palace arena for the time of repair. Only part of the extensive library and furnishings survived.” On March 7, 1898, the opening of the Russian Museum took place in the Mikhailovsky Palace. L.N. Benois in 1910-1914 designed in connection with the increase in the collection of a new building, leaving the side facade on the Griboyedov Canal. On June 27, 1914, the building was laid, construction had to be postponed due to the First World War. After the war, the corps was built, named after its creator - the Benoit Corps. Two high-explosive bombs hit Benoit's corps in November 1941 caused him considerable damage. In 1947-1963 the building was under restoration. During the siege years, they did a titanic job to save museum values. The monument to Alexander III, standing in the courtyard of the Mikhailovsky Palace, was covered with sand, then covered with logs, and the monument was not damaged, even when a high-explosive bomb hit it. The Benois Corps was connected by a covered passageway to the main building in 1958. In the Russian Museum, which is known not only in St. Petersburg, but throughout Russia, you can see the works of F. Shubin, Andrei Rublev, F. Bruni, K. Bryullov, I. Repin, A. Ivanov, O. Kiprensky, I. Shishkin, A. Kuindzhi, B. Kustodiev, M. Vrubel, V. Serov, M. Chagall, K. Malevich, K. Petrov-Vodkin and others. Based on the materials of the site about the history of St. Petersburg, I. Voroshilov